Watch: JAY-Z Performs On SNL’s Season Premiere | Video

As we all know by now, JAY-Z made his return to music this year with ‘4:44.’ Over the weekend JAY-Z took his talents to the stages of SNL, kicking off the new season with a few of his new tracks. The wordsmith kicked off the 43rd season with some help from host Ryan Gosling as JAY-Z took to the stage with Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley.

The fellas ran through the track “Bam”, while JAY then returned to perform his track “4:44.” The wordsmith definitely did his thing and kicked off the season in proper form, doing so while performing in Colin Kaepernick’s “7” jersey. Check out the footage from the performances right here and stay tuned for much more from JAY-Z coming soon.